Meanings of minor planet names: 171001–172000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

171001–171100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

171101–171200

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171112 Sickafoose2005 ER301J. Lorin and Tanalynne Sickafoose, parents of the discoverer Amanda Sickafoose GulbisJPL · 171112
171118 Szigetköz2005 GJ1Szigetköz, a beautiful island plain in western Hungary, part of the Little Hungarian Plain.JPL · 171118
171153 Allanrahill2005 GL81Allan Rahill, meteorologist at the Canadian Meteorological CentreJPL · 171153
171171 Prior2005 GZ164Richard M. Prior (born 1942), a Professor of Physics who earned a PhD. in Nuclear Physics at the University of Florida.JPL · 171171
171183 Haleakala2005 HJ4Haleakala (Hawaiian for the house of the sun), high dormant volcano on the island of MauiJPL · 171183

171201–171300

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171256 Lucieconstant2005 PU5Lucie Constant, goddaughter of French discoverer Bernard ChristopheJPL · 171256

171301–171400

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171381 Taipei2006 OG17Taipei, known officially as Taipei City, is the political, economic and cultural center of Taiwan.JPL · 171381
171396 Miguel2006 QH33Miguel Lacruz Martín, Spain mathematical observerJPL · 171396

171401–171500

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171429 Hunstead2007 RD5Richard (Dick) W. Hunstead, Australian astronomerJPL · 171429
171433 Prothous2007 RK35Prothous, leader of Magnesia, son of Tenthredon, was one of the suitors of HelenJPL · 171433
171448 Guchaohao2007 RD147Gu Chaohao is a mathematician who has made contributions to both pure and applied mathematics and was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980JPL · 171448
171458 Pepaprats2007 TF14Pepa Prats Cruz, deceased wife of the astrophysicist José Luis Ortiz, codiscoverer of this minor planetJPL · 171458
171465 Evamaria6847 P-LEva Maria Schubart, teacher of languages in the southern U.SJPL · 171465

171501–171600

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171588 Náprstek1999 WG1Vojta Náprstek, Czech philanthropist and advocate of progressive ideasJPL · 171588

171601–171700

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171624 Nicolemartin2000 CT106Nicole P. Martin (born 1973) served as a Pluto flyby sequencer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 171624

171701–171800

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

171801–171900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

171901–172000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
170,001–171,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 171,001–172,000		 Succeeded by
172,001–173,000
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